Oh I agree, but the effort we are talking about in the art world commands a much more hefty prize than (up to) £20,000. I have a pretty above average experience and knowledge of the structure and minute detailing of the Bf110 and whilst looking at that relic I wholeheartedly stand by my comment and would even commit to upgrading it to “stupendously spectacular workmanship”. 🙂

Depending on tha fact that there is 2 rudder from this Aircraft in museums , it is strange this comes up! Please look at WAF Forum there is a person going in detail on this matter . Conclusion it is FAKE!

best J.

If it is fake then the fakers have correctly positioned the Tail fin part dataplate and the style of tail fin part dataplate itself. Also they have correctly positioned the many small serrated edged circular fabric patches used to cover the holes where the fin is bolted to the horizontal tail plane and the various other fabric patches on the part. Obviously these are missing on the relic itself, but where the paint that once covered these patches has pulled off, the edges are also serrated…. Could you please post a link to the discussion on the other forum you mention? I’m intrigued to find out why this has been determined as being a fake. Are we sure that one of these rudders that resides in the museums you mention is not being auctioned off? Might this be from another aircraft of this pilot? If it is a fake the workmanship is beyond spectacular and that is putting it lightly… 😉

In my opinion at the moment this is not a fake. 🙂

Not sure of the source for the later armoured seat but here’s some more images of the BF’s chair and various head/armour plates from various sources that might help:

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It really depends what specific variant that you wish to restore? I would also suggest that it would be beneficial for you to have the available operating instructions handbuchs for the Ju87 before you attempt a restoration as they offer a goldmine of information…

The following is from the Ju87B-2 handbuch (June 1940):

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The image below was suggested a being a Ju87 seat although it appears to be an armoured variety from a later version.

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You might get some results from the members on the Luftwaffe section of the following forum: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/forumdisplay.php?f=8

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To the contrary of what is being described here I have always found the guys down at Hawkinge to be courteous and extremely helpful. Just respect the rules for what they are and for the reasons they are in place and you’ll thoroughly enjoy your visit. During my latest visit accompanying a respected author I enquired about the new Stuka artefact displayed quite high. I asked whether I could take a closer look to to try and ascertain the correct identification of the airframe. Out came the 10ft tall step ladder and up I went with my face literally 5cm away from the relic. You can’t say much fairer than that can you…. The relics have to be seen to be believed. There is not a finer collection of real BOB artefacts anywhere….

The He111V-14 (He111G-3 , W.Nr.1884 “Augsburg” (D-ACBS) He111L) was initially intended as a civil transport with Lufthansa prior to the outbreak of WW2 so I can only presume that the part labelled ‘Made in Germany’ was made during a period when the German company Bosch would have been exporting parts to other countries thus requiring the ‘Made in Germany’ stamp. I guess that after the outbreak of WW2 all German companies would not be exporting parts to English speaking countries so would not require the ‘Made in Germany’ stamp? So on that basis I would say that theres a good chance your magneto comes from a pre war aircraft. The ‘FL’ number stamped on the main dataplate would enable researchers to specify exactly which type of aircraft the part came from if you could provide it? Might be worth posting all of the codes stamped on the dataplate just to be sure.